Provided is an image sensor having a depth sensor. The image sensor includes a substrate including a visible light region and a non-visible light region, a first well and a second well having a first conductivity type and in the non-visible light perception region, and a first gate and a second gate configured to receive voltages of opposite phases, respectively, and apply voltages to the first well and the second well, respectively.
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1. An image sensor comprising: a substrate including a visible light region and a non-visible light region; a first well and a second well having a first conductivity type, the first well and the second well being in the non-visible light region; a first gate and a second gate configured to receive voltages of opposite phases, respectively, concurrently and apply voltages to the first well and the second well, respectively; and a photoelectric conversion element between the first gate and the second gate, wherein the first gate and the second gate form a rake shape, the rake shape having a plurality of teeth such that the first gate and the second gate alternate.
2. The image sensor of claim 1 , further comprising: a third well between the first well and the second well in the substrate.
3. The image sensor of claim 2 , further comprising: a first barrier film having a second conductivity type, the first barrier film being along the third well.
4. The image sensor of claim 1 , further comprising: a first barrier film on the substrate, the first barrier film including a lower concentration of impurities than the first conductivity type.
5. The image sensor of claim 1 , wherein the non-visible light region is configured to receive non-visible light having a longer wavelength than visible light.
6. The image sensor of claim 5 , wherein the non-visible light is modulated.
7. The image sensor of claim 1 , wherein the visible light region is between portions of the non-visible light region.
8. The image sensor of claim 7 , wherein the non-visible light region has the rake shape or a spiral shape.
9. The image sensor of claim 1 , wherein the first gate and the second gate are doped with impurities of a second conductivity type.
10. The image sensor of claim 1 , wherein the visible light region includes a plurality of red color perception regions, a plurality of green color perception regions, and a plurality of blue color perception regions.
11. An image sensor comprising: a substrate; a first gate on or in the substrate and configured to receive a first signal; a second gate on or in the substrate and configured to receive a second signal having an opposite phase of a phase of the first signal concurrently with the first gate receiving the first signal; a first well having a first conductivity type and overlapped by the first gate; a second well having the first conductivity type and overlapped by the second gate; and a third well having the first conductivity type in the substrate, wherein the first gate and the second gate form a rake shape, the rake shape having a plurality of teeth such that the first gate and the second gate alternate.
12. The image sensor of claim 11 , further comprising: a first barrier film having a second conductivity type along the third well in the substrate.
13. The image sensor of claim 11 , further comprising: a first barrier film on the substrate having a lower concentration of impurities than the first conductivity type.
14. The image sensor of claim 11 , wherein the third well is between the first gate and the second gate.
15. The image sensor of claim 11 , wherein an area of the first gate is equal to an area of the second gate.
16. The image sensor of claim 11 , wherein the third well is between the first well and the second well.
17. The image sensor of claim 11 , further comprising: a black filter overlapping each of the first well and the second well and configured to block visible light.
18. The image sensor of claim 11 , further comprising: a color filter overlapping the third well.
19. The image sensor of claim 18 , wherein the color filter comprises a white filter.
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